Initiating mind core dump...

Random thoughts abound...

You know what I think is really pathetic about torture and stuff like that? All of the armchair generals, wannabe tough guys and scared for their lives soccer moms who are tough on terrorists when they don't have to see the ugly side of things. Here's a clue. If you can't stomach the idea of personally doing something to someone, chances are it ain't right. It's not the same as being squeamish about blood. People get squeamish about doing it themselves because it goes against the basic knowledge of good and evil that everyone is born with.

Windows Vista is actually a great operating system. It's worked fine for over a month now as a replacement for Windows XP. The user interface is more responsive, prettier and it's got some cool things like a built-in disk imager so no more need to use Norton Ghost for backups.

My one regret about the way that we studied coding in college was not getting a chance to take some more hardware and low-level programming classes. I miss working in C (not C++) with pointers and things like that. Some of the way things are taught now are so disjointed that you can go an entire four years without understanding a damn thing that happens at the hardware level. It's by the grace of God that I got at least some good background on that through C and C++ before doing Java...

So yeah, did I mention that things are going great between my girlfriend and I?

I'm having to give up coffee for the time being. So, I'm going over to the dark side. I'm going to replace it with one (maybe two) cups of Chai tea a day. I got some Oregon Chai, but plan to replace that with some good ol' Tazo Chai which is a whole hell of a lot better than Oregon Chai. I'd forgotten about that, but was rudely reminded when I took a sip of the Oregon Chain. It ain't bad, but Tazo beats it hands down!

Wouldn't it be great to have a job this easy?

And one last thing. I know I've heaped praise on it before, but I've gotta do it again. The Sage extension for Firefox is the best way to keep up with the blogs you read (or want to read). Nothing better for not having to keep a bunch of bookmarks or hitting up the main page hoping for an update.